____________________________________________________________________________________________ Regina McBride’s new book evokes a loving nostalgia for a place we’ve never known - Chekhov’s Russia. Set in the summer of young Anton’s twentieth year, the novel centers on a young woman whose family is losing financial control of their estate - an estate famous for its orchards. Anton is the guest of a neighboring doctor, and the two young people become entwined in a romantic friendship - une amitiée  amoureuse. McBride’s story comes at Chekhov’s from the side, presenting us not only with the family’s eccentric and complicated history, but the vision of the author himself, as a character in the work. A beautiful and eloquent rendering of a place and time we somehow feel is ours. -Roxana Robinson Author of Leaving, NYT Editors’ Choice McBride has always been a gifted and lyrical storyteller, but never more so than in this gorgeously written novel of 19th century Ukraine and Russia, in which she brings a young Anton Chekhov to life. The story will remain with you long after you’ve turned the final page. Superb. -Gabriel Byrne Author of Walking with Ghosts This gentle but profound novel takes you on a quietly magical journey through nineteenth century Ukraine, mixing the Chekhovian sensibility with contemporary spirit to create the effect of delightful immersion.                                                                                                                                -Lara Vapnyar, author of Divide Me by Zero This restrained and beautiful book utterly transported me to summer in Russia in the late 19th century: to a lovely old estate with a neglected peach orchard. McBride beautifully suggests how shards of the daily material of life can be picked up by an extraordinary writer and transformed into art. I never wanted to leave the enchanted, doomed world she conjured. -Rachel Pastan Author of We’re So Lucky to Live Here This transportive novel sweeps the reader up into a vivid, melancholic dream set on a nineteenth century Russian estate. Regina McBride creates her own Chekhovian tragi-comedy that delights as it captures a lost world frozen in time. The White Deer is a gripping must-read for anyone who loves literature and a love story gone awry. -Virginia Pye                                                                                                                                           Author of Marriage and Other Monuments